Westville church services and local notices in Mathews area
Local items report a Westville Baptist Church preaching service, upcoming St Johns Sunday School mission, and a Rev Remagen in Westville Disciple Church. Also notices on sales of a horse and chickens, job ads at Urbanna Manufacturing, court day, deaths and obituaries, property rentals, ship schedule changes, and several local resident moves and improvements with names and places across Virginia and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westville Baptist Church
Goonday
A. J. Montague
Federal
Congress
U.S
Virginia
Gov. Montague
Letitia Tyler Semple
John Tyler
White House
Tyler
Louise Home
Washington
Williamsburg
St. John's
Urbanna
Urbanna Manufacturing Co
Frank Diggs
Willie Callis
Diggs
Court House
Remagen
Westville
Dutton Post Office
Gloucester County
Mitchell
H. C. Bradford
Main Street
Norfolk
Arthur Slocum
Hasting
Neb
Queens Creek
Waveland
Judge Christian
E. M. Maxwell
Slocum
Lareh
Mineapolis
Minn
Edwards
Gwynns Ridge Road
Ernest W. Browne
E. B. Marchant
Gwynns
Powell's Hotel
Gertrude Hall
Port Haywood
Susie Lily
William Burleigh
Portsmouth
Oak Grove Church
Appointments in Mathews Circuit 2d Sunday Services Schedule
The record lists appointment times for Mathews Circuit with service slots at Central and Gwynns Is as well as Salem Crab Neck School House. Richard Ferguson, P.C. noted as a key point in the schedule with times on the 2nd Sunday and 1st Sunday in March.
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Ag Central
A. M
Arthur
Lippincotts
General St th Bow ling to address Lane Diggs Camp
Major General St th Bow ling of Petersburg Virginia will address the Lane Diggs Camp C V at Mathews C H on January 18 1908 the Lee birthday anniversary. An all day meeting with dinner on the ground invites all including ladies and old soldiers. Please bring rations and attend for a good time. final note from A H Williams Com Lane Diggs Camp.
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St Th Bowling
Petersburg
Virginia
Lane Diggs
C.V
Mathews C. H
K. E. Lee
A. H. Williams
Lane Diggs Camp
Disturbed Congregation Incident Reported Last Sunday
A disturbance at a local congregation last Sunday caused alarm among attendees. Police reviewed security footage and interviewed witnesses to identify the individual involved and determine the motive. No injuries were reported, and the matter remains under investigation by the community liaison police unit.
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Con~anily
County Couple Wed Amid Tar Barrel Parade in 1908
Mr Riley Hudgins and Miss Annie Armstead were married at the parsonage on Wednesday January 8 1908. Their procession featured tar barrels horns and tin pans in a noisy serenade that ended without damage or fuss. Leumas.
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Riley Hudgins
Annie Armstead
Mendelsohn
Leumas
Drama at Mobjack draws crowded and profitable audience
A January 9 performance at Odd Fellows Hall in Mobjack thrilled a full house from Holly Grove and Providence Churches. The amateur cast led by Mrs Curtis Brown and Mr John Saunders earned $35 from admissions and ice cream, with praise for actors, music, and production. Plans to tour Mathews Court House and Cape Charles were proposed to boost profits.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Holly Grove
Providence
Curtis Brown
John Saunders
Helen Freeman
R. McCready
J. Boyd Sears
Ira Hearn
Virginia Billups
Ella Miller
Mathews Court House
Capé Charles
Cape Charles
WANTED 1000 Men To Unload Schooners Sign
Two Swedish laborers arriving in Chicago at Union Depot are lured across Canal Street by a bright red sign reading Wanted 1,000 Men To Unload Schooners. The men are led toward a cheap saloon across from the depot as they seek work.
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Union Depot
Canal Street
Chicago
Oley
Oldest joke born in Harper's Weekly quips bar humor
A clipped quotation notes that a long running quip about saving energy for real ships originated in Harper's Weekly. It contrasts a bar sign meant to attract patrons with a misread that schooners are beer glasses, not ships, illustrating a humorous misunderstanding.
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America
Harper’s Weekly
Epitaph Reflects on a Child and Moral Quietness
A country churchyard epitaph laments a tender child laid to rest and the ease of being good in her presence. The verse meditates on memory, filial kinship, and the wish for moral clarity for the living echoed by a final prayer. The piece concludes with a quoted line praising virtue when in the child’s presence.
Reward for recovery of John Thorpe body from Florida steamer
A $200 reward is offered for identification and recovery of the body of John Thorpe, believed drowned on the night of December 14, 1907 after 11 PM, from the steamer Florida en route to Baltimore. Beverly W. Mister, attorney, 11eg-1119 Calvert Building, Baltimore, Md.
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John Thorpe
Florida
Baltimore
Beverly W. Mister
Calvert Building
Ferry Boat Route Between Crickett Hill and North End
Midlesex and Mathews Ferry Company carries passengers between Crickett Hill and North End. Leaves Crickett Hill at 3 30 P M to connect with boat at North End for Baltimore. Leaves North End via Ruark at 8 A M to Crickett Hill and connect with boat at East River for Norfolk Old Point and the Exposition. LL Vanness Ruark Mer Ruark Va
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Midlesex and Mathews Ferry Company
Crickett Hill
North End
Baltimore
Rappahannock River
Ruark
East River
Norfolk
Old Point
Exposition
LL. Vanness Ruark
Mer
Lane Diggs Camp C. V. Meeting Notice Jan 11 1908
Comrades of Lane Diggs Camp C V urged to attend at Mathews C H at 2 PM on January 11 1908. The gathering plans celebration of Gen R E Lees birthday January 18 with Major General Stith Rowling of Petersburg to address old soldiers and other speakers invited.
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Lane Diggs Camp C. V
Mathews C.H
R. E. Lee
Stith Rowling
Petersburg
Witty exchanges and domestic gags from a humor page
A collage of comic vignettes and light banter from a newspaper humor section. Jokes involve a wife and husband about teeth, disinfecting rooms, and odd dialogue with a mother and son. The humor mixes travel, ruins, and a kitchen door punchline for a light reader laugh.
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H. C. Combs
The
Virginia Christian Missionary Society
Bone Brooks & Hudgins
John F.hudgins
Laban P. O
Canning House
Henry and
Joe Sibley
Leonard Callis
Blassingham
Co. H
Arthur Weston
Julius Weston
Atherton
Blakes
Wes Buchannon
New York
American Power Boat Association
Hearn & Miller
Mathews
Elswhere
Clements
North, Va
Maryland Oyster Navy
Maryland Oyster
Charles Parrott
Sands Smith, Jr
Hoskins
Spring Hill
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Annie Douglas
Mason Doulas
Robert Lee Sears
John A. Fleet
Charles L Siegel, Jr
Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
John J. Burke
L. W. Hudgins
L. C. Garnett
Lena Griswold Crowr
Eddystone
Pennsylvania
Globe” Marine
Pennsylvania Iron Works Company
Lombard St
C. Y
Europe
Miss Ridhgitl
Baltimore American
White Bros. Wine and Whiskey Merchants
Commercial Place
Batimore Steam Packet Company
OLD Bay
All Points Worth
Alabama
Georgia
Portamouth
High St
Main St
Light St. Pier
Philadelphia
Light St
Pier
Earer Main
Granby Streets
New Atlantic Hotel
GEO
G. Hobson
J. W. Brown
JKR
So. Pass
Agt
Ruth Shackleford
Wolffe
Ode Weis
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Wolffe * Nelson
Mathews, Va
New Idea
Woman’ S Magazine
the Mathews Journal
New Idea Woman's Magazine
Blue Ribbon Grocery
Blue Ribbon
Jose
Ss. P. James
Glue Ribbon Grocery
Dolly Madison
Dixon Jarvi Ce
Fapk JT. Clair Co. “Mites
Sas
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